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they say the assad regime is targeting children as young as 9 years old. they're the victim of killings, maimings, arbitrary arrests, detention, torture, children used as human shields, even sexual violence. we've been seeing this for 15 months. the u.s. representative on violence says she's never seen such targeting of children. you've seen it firsthand. you saw children, correct? >> yes. it was horrifying. i saw more children than i've seen in 20 years of covering conflicts that have been wounded by this butcher, this regime. and their only crime is they're children of the revolution. >> have you ever seen that in other places? have you seen children directly targeted? at this level? >> no. in fact, it's horrifying. there's no real words to describe the type of war crimes that are taking place. al kase rerks r is just one small city, town in syria but may represent what's taking place all across the country. >> the u.n. peacekeeping chief says syria is now in full-scale civil war. do you agree? >> i think it's still an ethnic cleansing process. i don't t
they say the assad regime is targeting children as young as 9 years old. they're the victim of killings, maimings, arbitrary arrests, detention, torture, children used as human shields, even sexual violence. we've been seeing this for 15 months. the u.s. representative on violence says she's never seen such targeting of children. you've seen it firsthand. you saw children, correct? >> yes. it was horrifying. i saw more children than i've seen in 20 years of covering conflicts that have...
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richard, you reported last night that a western diplomat had told you the assad regime may be quote, wobbling. what can you tell us about that and are there indications that the minority around him are beginning to, there are cracks in that support system? are we seeing cracks from russia under increasing pressure and isolated as there have been more and more massacres? >> reporter: several questions there. i don't think we're seeing cracks with russia and there are reports that russia's actually going to supply syria with more attack helicopters. i'll get to that in a minute. that could be a very dangerous development. the reason i was told that there are indications that syrian regime is quote, wobbling, is exactly the same reason we're seeing the u.n. today or at least one official from the u.n. saying that there appears to be a civil war in the country. when there is a civil war, it's very hard for the syrian government to command the situation. there are many factions fighting different militia groups in other parts of the country and it is not a classic war situation where you
richard, you reported last night that a western diplomat had told you the assad regime may be quote, wobbling. what can you tell us about that and are there indications that the minority around him are beginning to, there are cracks in that support system? are we seeing cracks from russia under increasing pressure and isolated as there have been more and more massacres? >> reporter: several questions there. i don't think we're seeing cracks with russia and there are reports that russia's...
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they that's referring to syria president assad and his forces . they are believed to be responsible for the slaughter of thousands of people. cnn cannot confirm this video or any of the others because syria limits journalists from entering the country. it's very hard to look at these tiny little bodies, two little brothers, and see anything other than indiscriminate slaughter. the total dead is about 14,000 and that includes men, women and little children like those two little brothers. the story is not over. just 24 hours ago we were telling you about terrible torture. a report out of syria from human rights watch releasing sketches that showed different torture methods used on syrian detainees by the government, by the syrian forces. torture including prolonged beatings, burning with acid and evening sexual assault. these are sketches, but we now have video allegedly showing one of these beatings. again, warning goes out to you now. this one even more graphic than the video we just showed you. have a look. what you are seeing right now, this is
they that's referring to syria president assad and his forces . they are believed to be responsible for the slaughter of thousands of people. cnn cannot confirm this video or any of the others because syria limits journalists from entering the country. it's very hard to look at these tiny little bodies, two little brothers, and see anything other than indiscriminate slaughter. the total dead is about 14,000 and that includes men, women and little children like those two little brothers. the...
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with 4300 pro-assad security forces. richard engel recently returned from syria where he witnessed the aftermath of a december 2011 massacre that left 127 dead. in a rare interview, he asked two cousins who had defected from the syrian army what happened when syrian troops rolled into town. >> translator: they started firing on us with all kinds of weapons. >> firing from above, i ask. >> translator: yes, from above. we were surrounded from every side. there was no escape. >> some tried to surrender to government forces. >> translator: about 15 people give themselves up. the troops tied their hands, lined them up, and killed them. >> this cell phone video recorded by villagers shows bodies on the valley floor. some appear to be bound, shot execution style. then hasan and rawan say syrian troops climbed down into the valley to finish off any survivors. >> richard engel is joining me right is joining me now. thank you for being here. how common are massacres like that that you just reported on? >> i can give you the latest
with 4300 pro-assad security forces. richard engel recently returned from syria where he witnessed the aftermath of a december 2011 massacre that left 127 dead. in a rare interview, he asked two cousins who had defected from the syrian army what happened when syrian troops rolled into town. >> translator: they started firing on us with all kinds of weapons. >> firing from above, i ask. >> translator: yes, from above. we were surrounded from every side. there was no escape....
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her ties to bashar al-assad. she's the daughter of syria's ambassador to the united nations. leaked e-mail shows she appeared to have a close relationship withal as add, referring to him as handsome and cute. she provided advice to him on his public image abroad, as syria waged a brutal crackdown on its people and denied it. she's syrian, graduated from columbia school of international and public affairs. she's demanding columbia rescind that admission. >> i was surprised and disturbed by this decision. it is not a personal thing, it is accepting what's happening, accepting the genocide and saying we are going to welcome people who are part of this into our school. >> reporter: barbara walters landed an excuse interview with bashar al-assad in december. she helped facilitate that interview. walters admits in months following, she tried to her her. in a statement she said i did offer to mention her to contacts at another media organization and in academia, though she didn't get a job or into school. columbia tells cnn its applicants are evaluated solely on materials submitted,
her ties to bashar al-assad. she's the daughter of syria's ambassador to the united nations. leaked e-mail shows she appeared to have a close relationship withal as add, referring to him as handsome and cute. she provided advice to him on his public image abroad, as syria waged a brutal crackdown on its people and denied it. she's syrian, graduated from columbia school of international and public affairs. she's demanding columbia rescind that admission. >> i was surprised and disturbed by...
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reports that children are being used by the assad regime as human shields. this is very, very outrageous, what the russians are doing. we're not going to be left with a choice if the russians continue to fuel the assad regime with helicopters and arms to murder its people that we have to get greater involvement in it. so the russians should back off now because they are escalating this conflict tremendously. >> you have been very close with the romney campaign. you're on the list, everybody says, to be considered for vice president. do you agree with romney, foreign policy advisor john bolton who wrote that we should basically tell the russians in no uncertain terms they can forget about any kind of sustained good relations with the united states as long as it continues to back assad. he continued to say we should resume full scale indeed accelerated effort to construct the limited missile defense system designed by george w. bush, announce our withdrawal from the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, that moscow and beijing think about that for awhile. it does sound if you fo
reports that children are being used by the assad regime as human shields. this is very, very outrageous, what the russians are doing. we're not going to be left with a choice if the russians continue to fuel the assad regime with helicopters and arms to murder its people that we have to get greater involvement in it. so the russians should back off now because they are escalating this conflict tremendously. >> you have been very close with the romney campaign. you're on the list,...
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what you are seeing right now, this is believed to be assad's syrian government forces violently beating this man who has already, as you can see from the marks on his body, gone through a blistering beating. his body is thoroughly bruised. he is being hit with electrical cords. they are stumping on his back and on his body. it's the kind of video that you would assume syria would not want leaked because it syrians look terrible. it makes the government forces look like animals. here is what is bizarre. apparently they do want the videos out because it's a scare and intimidation process for people who oppose them. they are saying things in this video like is this the freedom that you want and they force the prisoner to say that assad is their god. we don't when that video was taken or where because syria is off limits to us. very, very difficult to get in to report on what's going on there. we think at cnn it's crucial that you see it and know how bad it's gotten in that country. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pr
what you are seeing right now, this is believed to be assad's syrian government forces violently beating this man who has already, as you can see from the marks on his body, gone through a blistering beating. his body is thoroughly bruised. he is being hit with electrical cords. they are stumping on his back and on his body. it's the kind of video that you would assume syria would not want leaked because it syrians look terrible. it makes the government forces look like animals. here is what is...
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president bashar al assad made his second appearance on state television since a bombing killed members of his inner circle. opposition activists report fierce fighting between regime and rebel forces. all of that taking place in and around damascus. meanwhile, in a video posted online today, the head of a rebel group in one of those communities announced an operation to liberate the city from assad's rule. >>> outside the washington, d.c. area, marine one, the president soon to be emerging, then boarding air force one. he will be colorado bound, heading to aurora, colorado. there is a vigil to take place this evening for the community of aurora. couple days after that massacre at a movie theater. but the president's objective is to send a message of comfort. he'll be meeting with the victims privately and also meeting with city officials privately. he will not be in atndan attend the vigil but he wanted to make his message of comfort known and try to console those who are dealing with the tragedy that unfolded early friday morning at that movie theater with suspect james holmes alleged
president bashar al assad made his second appearance on state television since a bombing killed members of his inner circle. opposition activists report fierce fighting between regime and rebel forces. all of that taking place in and around damascus. meanwhile, in a video posted online today, the head of a rebel group in one of those communities announced an operation to liberate the city from assad's rule. >>> outside the washington, d.c. area, marine one, the president soon to be...
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said that president assad's time is running out. listen. >> i think if they continue this kind of tragic attack on their own people in aleppo, i think it ultimately will be a nail in assad's coffin. >>jonathan: most experts would agree with the defense secretary that president assad is indeed building his own coffin but as the fellow from brookings pointed out, it could be some time yet before the final nail is hammered in. >>shepard: plenty of people available for killing in the meantime. the map accused of mass murder in aurora, colorado, faces formal charges today in a courtroom there: 142 counts in all including 24 counts of murder in the first degree. james holmes faces life in prison. the prosecution says that they are deciding what to pursue the death penalty. experts say we will most likely see an insanity defense. the lawyers here to discuss this case. i don't know what there is to say but how he will defend himself. you would think it would have to be something in the mental state area. >>arthur: what they charged him with
said that president assad's time is running out. listen. >> i think if they continue this kind of tragic attack on their own people in aleppo, i think it ultimately will be a nail in assad's coffin. >>jonathan: most experts would agree with the defense secretary that president assad is indeed building his own coffin but as the fellow from brookings pointed out, it could be some time yet before the final nail is hammered in. >>shepard: plenty of people available for killing in...
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assad has vowed to fight to the death. >> pelley: margaret, thank you. when the syrian people first rose up it looked like a mismatch. they had rifles against one of the largest armies in the region. syrian towns have been turned into rubble, and the rebels are in the suburbs of the capital damascus now. it is rare for reporters to reach the war zone, but elizabeth palmer managed to get to the dictatorship's main military hospital to look at the damage being inflicted on assad's army. >> reporter: the tishereen it hospital morgue in northern damascus now receives between 20 and 50 bodies every day. most of them are soldiers. though some civilians do end up here, too. the man in the coffin is adnan said a civil servant who was 30 years old. outside, his mother and brother have just learned that he was killed by a sniper on his way to work. in the hospital's intensive care unit the men can't speak, but their injuries do. inflicted by rocket-propelled gre neighbors bombes, and automatic riflees, they show the anti-regime fighters have, for the most part sim
assad has vowed to fight to the death. >> pelley: margaret, thank you. when the syrian people first rose up it looked like a mismatch. they had rifles against one of the largest armies in the region. syrian towns have been turned into rubble, and the rebels are in the suburbs of the capital damascus now. it is rare for reporters to reach the war zone, but elizabeth palmer managed to get to the dictatorship's main military hospital to look at the damage being inflicted on assad's army....
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the government of president assad responded. dozens are reported dead in douma. many more are killed if across the country, including rebel stronghold of homs. this should be a quiet area, neutral area not hit by the syrian military. on this morning it's rattled with gunfire. back and forth. it has taken its toll. images hung if tatters. people reacted. >> nothing, nothing. >> but health worker res main grounded leaving hundreds at risk. the u.n. mission is staying put. they are waiting for the weekend in geneva with kofi annan and secretary of state hillary rodham clinton. >> concern of everyone involved. [ inaudible ] the anger can't be wiped away. asked how things are, the shopkeeper has the understatement of the day. >> they are so-so, he replied. with the syrian soldiers said to be dying every day, embattled assad claims he will fight on. maybe to the finish. >>> egypt president elect mohammed morsi took an informal oath of office before tens of thousands of supporters today in tahrir square to demonstrate against the military's hold on power. morsi vowed to
the government of president assad responded. dozens are reported dead in douma. many more are killed if across the country, including rebel stronghold of homs. this should be a quiet area, neutral area not hit by the syrian military. on this morning it's rattled with gunfire. back and forth. it has taken its toll. images hung if tatters. people reacted. >> nothing, nothing. >> but health worker res main grounded leaving hundreds at risk. the u.n. mission is staying put. they are...
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now assad has to go. the butcher of damascus, who has killed nearly 20,000 of his own people, including women and children, must go. but we don't know who will come in his place. it could be an even more extreme fundamentalist muslim organization. we cannot afford to scbait see and hope for the best. we must make sure that the stockpile of chemical weapons owned by syria does not fall into the hands of hezbollah or iranian groups or islamic jihad. i think it's the responsibility of israel and the rest of the world, including the united states, to make sure that they don't fall into the wrong hands. and if it is necessary to attack and make sure that they are eliminated, i believe that is what should be done and will be done. >> jamie: israel's defense minister, barack saying israel is preparing for the worst. thank you for joining us this sunday morning. >> eric: the question on our minds is: why? coming up, we will speak with a renowned southern pastor about faith, loss and the ethics of our culture in t
now assad has to go. the butcher of damascus, who has killed nearly 20,000 of his own people, including women and children, must go. but we don't know who will come in his place. it could be an even more extreme fundamentalist muslim organization. we cannot afford to scbait see and hope for the best. we must make sure that the stockpile of chemical weapons owned by syria does not fall into the hands of hezbollah or iranian groups or islamic jihad. i think it's the responsibility of israel and...
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it was a bomb planted inside the daily meeting of president bashar al-assad's security chiefs. three are known dead including defense ministerdaoud raja, the president's brother-in-law and the feared former head of the military intelligence and hassan turk manny, a former defense minister. others were wounded, most importantly the head of the dictatorship's secret police. syria does not often allow journalists into the country but we have reports tonight from two correspondents who have worked there extensively. elizabeth palmer reporting in london. >> reporter: after a year and a half of slowly escalating conflict, today's bombing is the first time the syrian regime has suffered a truly crushing blow. a funeral for an opposition activists turned to celebration when more is learned the defense minister is dead. across the country in this savage civil war activists celebrated today's bombing because it struck at a hated elite inside the syrian regime. the dead men were like everyone else in the room. >> masterminding the plan to crush syria's uprising. they were meeting in the n
it was a bomb planted inside the daily meeting of president bashar al-assad's security chiefs. three are known dead including defense ministerdaoud raja, the president's brother-in-law and the feared former head of the military intelligence and hassan turk manny, a former defense minister. others were wounded, most importantly the head of the dictatorship's secret police. syria does not often allow journalists into the country but we have reports tonight from two correspondents who have worked...
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they are all commanded by members actually of bashar al assad's own family. his brother. his brother-in-law and the like. if you are a decent professional if you are a sunni officer looking at the behavior of this barbarous regime, killing people, killing children, using children as you enter as cover, i think you feel a sense of embarrassment and shame about what's going on in your country. >> foaud, thank you very much. >>> coming up, president obama tells a conference of hispanic legislators why they should not vote for mitt romney. ♪ ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never could before, by building on the cisco intelligent network. ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. [ engine revving ] it's bringing the future forward. it's bringing the future see life in the best light. [music] transitions® lenses au
they are all commanded by members actually of bashar al assad's own family. his brother. his brother-in-law and the like. if you are a decent professional if you are a sunni officer looking at the behavior of this barbarous regime, killing people, killing children, using children as you enter as cover, i think you feel a sense of embarrassment and shame about what's going on in your country. >> foaud, thank you very much. >>> coming up, president obama tells a conference of...
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how assad reacs is the open question. there have been reports about the movement of chemical weapons. unclear whether or not that means that the regime would use them, but it does raise deep concerns. his core base of military backbone is currently feeling the heat. and we're not clear what we'll do next. >> it is interesting, this latest attack obviously, the opposition knows that as a man mole ha dean points out this attack was strategic at the heart of the military and obviously could shake agassad. >> yes, the people that have been hit, the former now deceased defense minister, the deputy army chief of staff, these were the inner circle, initially appointed by as sad to lead in the putting down of this rebellion. so this was targeted with a purpose. a message to assad that his supporters are vulnerable too, and that type of pressure combined with the international condemnations, this is what the game is about now. it's about getting assad's power base to feel insecure. just today the treasury department identified rou
how assad reacs is the open question. there have been reports about the movement of chemical weapons. unclear whether or not that means that the regime would use them, but it does raise deep concerns. his core base of military backbone is currently feeling the heat. and we're not clear what we'll do next. >> it is interesting, this latest attack obviously, the opposition knows that as a man mole ha dean points out this attack was strategic at the heart of the military and obviously could...
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there is believe that assad is using weapons they got from iran. is that true? and how long will you continue to support assad, given the appalling conditions, catastrophe we are all watching. at what point do you, the president of iran, say enough of this violence? >> i do believe that we must all say enough of this violence right now. six months ago i said enough of this violence. our opinion vis-a-vis the issue of syria and other nations is completely clear. we do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. all people must obtain these rights. no one has the right to restrict a opinion and nation. but we believe as a friend of nations we must help the nations around the world to obtain these rights through peaceful paths. through peaceful actions. and we have worked hard. i am now hard at work to organize a contact group in order to bring the two sides to a point of national agreement. >> but, mr. president, do you condemn the level of violence that president assad has brought again
there is believe that assad is using weapons they got from iran. is that true? and how long will you continue to support assad, given the appalling conditions, catastrophe we are all watching. at what point do you, the president of iran, say enough of this violence? >> i do believe that we must all say enough of this violence right now. six months ago i said enough of this violence. our opinion vis-a-vis the issue of syria and other nations is completely clear. we do believe that freedom,...
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will the fault of al assad be decided in the streets of aleppo? i'm going to talk to him about the involvement of foreign fighters in the fight now. uh-oh. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> an african-american couple forced to move their wedding from a church. after a couple congregants complained. the complainers say they aren't racist. the story when we continue. >>> welcome back. tonight syria's biggest city aleppo is a battleground. the dead include 25 people in aleppo. this video purportedly shows some of the fighting in aleppo cnn can't vouch for the authenticity of it. with what we're hearing from witnesses on the ground, it appears to be occurring. street battles raging. attack helicopters. tanks firing in the city. all of this in syria's commercial hub. 200,000 people in and around aleppo have fled the shelling. conflicting reports about who controls the city's key neighborhoods. we do know that the
will the fault of al assad be decided in the streets of aleppo? i'm going to talk to him about the involvement of foreign fighters in the fight now. uh-oh. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> an african-american couple forced to move their wedding from a church. after a couple congregants complained. the complainers say they aren't racist. the...
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people think assad should go. there is a humanitarian crisis. that's unfurl. getting worse by the day. what do you do? is the national instinct of an american president, if you were there right now, would you be saying, enough, we've got to get in there? and take this guy out? >> piers, again, given the fact i'm on foreign soil, i really am not going to delve into foreign policy prescriptions that would interfere with the foreign policy of our current president. we all watch with horror at the reports that are coming from syria and look for the best avenues to prevent that from occurring. but i -- as to my own views, that's just -- >> i understand that tradition. when we come back, inside the romney family and in particular inside their rather unique olympics. ♪ ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. dow is proud to support that dream by helping provide greener, more sustainable so
people think assad should go. there is a humanitarian crisis. that's unfurl. getting worse by the day. what do you do? is the national instinct of an american president, if you were there right now, would you be saying, enough, we've got to get in there? and take this guy out? >> piers, again, given the fact i'm on foreign soil, i really am not going to delve into foreign policy prescriptions that would interfere with the foreign policy of our current president. we all watch with horror...
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she is saying assad will not be a part of the new government. russia is saying we are not putting conditions in this. they are basically propping up the regime. in the meantime it has been difficult to see the violence. we continue to get videos on a daily basis. it is utterly heartbreaking how really impotent the whole world diplomatic situation is absolutely impotent with it. >> until you get russia on board and you know there have been tense talks and tense relationships between secretary clinton and russia just to get them on the same page to get the countries on the same page i think an indication of how tense this is as you said with what we saw happening in turkey scrambling the f 16s in the air. >> it is a tending box. we saw a little while ago the syrians take down the turkish debt. in the meantime the turkish government has really been on hair trigger with this. today they scrambled jets to the border. turkey is part of nato. we are not there where we are talking about military intervention. as you see the diplomatic process ground to
she is saying assad will not be a part of the new government. russia is saying we are not putting conditions in this. they are basically propping up the regime. in the meantime it has been difficult to see the violence. we continue to get videos on a daily basis. it is utterly heartbreaking how really impotent the whole world diplomatic situation is absolutely impotent with it. >> until you get russia on board and you know there have been tense talks and tense relationships between...
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many of assad's top aids are killed or wounded. we have reports from our correspondents with long experience in syria. elizabeth palmer and clarissa ward. nelson mandela is almost never seen in public now but our mark phillips was invited to his party as mandela turned 94 today. 11 years after 9/11 some u.s. flight schools still don't check the backgrounds of foreign students. bob orr has our story. and taking on a mountain without his legs.
many of assad's top aids are killed or wounded. we have reports from our correspondents with long experience in syria. elizabeth palmer and clarissa ward. nelson mandela is almost never seen in public now but our mark phillips was invited to his party as mandela turned 94 today. 11 years after 9/11 some u.s. flight schools still don't check the backgrounds of foreign students. bob orr has our story. and taking on a mountain without his legs.
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. >> opposition forces in syria says the president assad there is increasing attacks there. an american war correspondent was one of two journalists killed, the united states will take part in a conference to talk about a strategy to ending the violence there. >>> and 50 people are now dead, including three children following a deadly train accident in argentina. police say a train overshot the platform and crashed right into a metal barrier. more than 1200 people were on board, nearly 500 remain hospitalized. investigators say the conductor was having problems with the brakes. >> google is reportedly about to unveil new high tech eyeglasses. what makes them special is they will project images on the back side of the lenses and also hooked up to gps monitoring so they can tell you where you are in relation to whatever bigs or person you might be searching for while still seeing what is right in front of you. >> wow. welcome to the future. all right. still ahead on -- marty is going no. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, a gorgeous day outside. find out in the april
. >> opposition forces in syria says the president assad there is increasing attacks there. an american war correspondent was one of two journalists killed, the united states will take part in a conference to talk about a strategy to ending the violence there. >>> and 50 people are now dead, including three children following a deadly train accident in argentina. police say a train overshot the platform and crashed right into a metal barrier. more than 1200 people were on board,...
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many of assad's top aids are killed or wounded. we have reports from our correspondents with long experience in syria. elizabeth palmer and clarissa ward. nelson mandela is almost never seen in public now but our mark phillips was invited to his party as mandela turned 94 today. 11 years after 9/11 some u.s. flight schools still don't check the backgrounds of foreign students. bob orr has our story. and taking on a mountain without his legs. spencer west's incredible journey to the top and the message he brought back. >> here's the path. you can overcome it ux too. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, an audacious assassination has blown apart the inner circle of family and enforces that has kept the syrian dictatorship in power during a 17-month rebellion. this evening there are street battles in the capital and the u.s. defense secretary says syria is spinning out of control. it was a bomb planted inside the daily meeting of president bashar al-assad's security chi
many of assad's top aids are killed or wounded. we have reports from our correspondents with long experience in syria. elizabeth palmer and clarissa ward. nelson mandela is almost never seen in public now but our mark phillips was invited to his party as mandela turned 94 today. 11 years after 9/11 some u.s. flight schools still don't check the backgrounds of foreign students. bob orr has our story. and taking on a mountain without his legs. spencer west's incredible journey to the top and the...
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assad is trying to crush that rebellion which began nearly a year and a half ago. elizabeth palmer reports tonight from across the border in lebanon. >> reporter: syrian military helicopters flew over aleppo today but not shooting, activists said, just spotting the positions of rebel fighters on the ground. a free syrian army commander made a bold claim. "we have captured half the city," he said. but how long can they hold on in these neighborhoods? they're equipped for street-by- street fighting guerrilla style, though no match for air power or the regime's heavy artillery which is already on the way. the fight for aleppo will be fierce. it's a strategic prize. if the rebels take it on top of azaz which they won earlier this week the area would form the first free syrian army controlled zone all the way to the turkish border. the united nations and the international community are still calling for dialogue in syria. but dialogue has been drowned out by the din of war. civilian casualties like these victims of shelling are just hoping to survive and the armed men o
assad is trying to crush that rebellion which began nearly a year and a half ago. elizabeth palmer reports tonight from across the border in lebanon. >> reporter: syrian military helicopters flew over aleppo today but not shooting, activists said, just spotting the positions of rebel fighters on the ground. a free syrian army commander made a bold claim. "we have captured half the city," he said. but how long can they hold on in these neighborhoods? they're equipped for...
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. >>> embattled president assad made a rare public appearance this morning, at a mosque in damascus. assad's appearance comes amid that conflicting reports that his vice president has defected. >>> john lennon's killer could have a parole, he's eligible for parole for the seventh time, he could learn his fate by the end of the coming week. he was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, back in 1981, after shooting lennon. >>> some upsetting news out of north carolina. tons of beer made an untimely end on a highway in that state. a car smashed into a truck carrying 43,000 pounds of beer. >> wow. >> spilling it on the road. crews spent more than five hours cleaning up the mess, not drinking it. cleaning it up. >> we have some tissues here. >> a sad man this morning. >>> finally, probably want to throw our cell phones. in finland it's a sporting event, an annual contest to see who can throw their phone the farthest. >> wow. >> this year's win in the male division was a teenager who hurdle his cell phone more than 330 feet. pretty far. and the phone worked after that. >> do you dare wit
. >>> embattled president assad made a rare public appearance this morning, at a mosque in damascus. assad's appearance comes amid that conflicting reports that his vice president has defected. >>> john lennon's killer could have a parole, he's eligible for parole for the seventh time, he could learn his fate by the end of the coming week. he was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, back in 1981, after shooting lennon. >>> some upsetting news out of north...
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the assad regime has been using choppers to clinch the uprising. >>> in moscow, tens thousands of russians took to the streets to proceed test against president boughten. for the first time since he retook that office last po, a lot of opposition leaders have been rounded up by russian police just yesterday. >>> back in this country there have been a lot of headlines today about the disappearing american middle class. as we've reported here last night, the new report from the fed shows that american families lost 40% of their worth during what some economists now refer to as the great recession. tonight, anne thompson continues her reporting on how the recession is hitting home as many people are forced to adjust expectations. >> jill and her mom angie are caught in the economic squeeze on the middle class. jill's out of work for the second time in three years. 58-year-old angie juggles two jobs. >> we're in the middle and we're with fighting to stay there. >> reporter: linked by the financial challenges they face, similar to the bleak picture painted in this survey. >> at 37, i was certai
the assad regime has been using choppers to clinch the uprising. >>> in moscow, tens thousands of russians took to the streets to proceed test against president boughten. for the first time since he retook that office last po, a lot of opposition leaders have been rounded up by russian police just yesterday. >>> back in this country there have been a lot of headlines today about the disappearing american middle class. as we've reported here last night, the new report from the...
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we've just gotten word, president assad speaking to his new cabinet saying we're in ste l waea what is hreferencing? >> reporter: clearly the conflict inside of his country with large chunks of his own territory that's fallen out of government control and into the hands of the rebels. swearing in a new government but keeping a lot of same faces in the positions of minister of interior and defense and the foreign minister. >> we are in state of war in every aspect and all our politics has been be concentrated on winning this war. >> reporter: he also spent a lot of time talking about the economy and the need to keep subsidies in the country. almost ignoring the fact the entire cities have been burning for months and he has a crisis with his neighbor to the northwest. this after defenses shot down a turkish military plane on friday with the turkish prime minister responding saying if they approach the turkish borders that turkey can see this as a threat and will respond in kind. the turks not illustrating what that response could be. the turks have taken this issue to the nato military a
we've just gotten word, president assad speaking to his new cabinet saying we're in ste l waea what is hreferencing? >> reporter: clearly the conflict inside of his country with large chunks of his own territory that's fallen out of government control and into the hands of the rebels. swearing in a new government but keeping a lot of same faces in the positions of minister of interior and defense and the foreign minister. >> we are in state of war in every aspect and all our...
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intelligence know right now about the president bashar al assad, personally, and what does that portend for whether he would actually use these chemical weapons or do something else crazy, unfathomable? >> well, certainly -- first, i have to caveat my answer by reminding everyone, i'm three years out of government, so what i'm expressing are my personal views based on the observation of the situation. >> sure. >> you know, bashar al assad wouldn't be president of syria if his older brother, basel, hadn't been killed in an automobile accident. this is someone who is frankly very ill prepared for the stresses of this job. he talked reform in his first couple of years, and frankly he didn't have the force of personality to bend the alawite leadership to any sense of reform course. and now we see the regime under great stress, we see his brother-in-law killed in that explosion in damascus last week. i guess i'd summarize, brooke, by saying he is badly in over his head and he doesn't know what to do, other than try to kill his way out of this situation. kill his way out of this situation aga
intelligence know right now about the president bashar al assad, personally, and what does that portend for whether he would actually use these chemical weapons or do something else crazy, unfathomable? >> well, certainly -- first, i have to caveat my answer by reminding everyone, i'm three years out of government, so what i'm expressing are my personal views based on the observation of the situation. >> sure. >> you know, bashar al assad wouldn't be president of syria if his...
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a bomb killed assad's defense minister and three other top asficials. the rebels held several syrian mi border crossings for a time and now they're closing in on syria's second-most important city, aleppo. syria rarely allows reporters in rie country. our elizabeth palmer is following events from lebanon. >> reporter: the war has now come to aleppo. aytil a few days ago, syria's biggest city had stayed relatively calm. not anymore. almajor opposition offensive under way to take this vital thmmercial hub. syrian free army colonel abdel sy-akaidi made the call to arms online. "we ordered all our forces," he said, "to move towards aleppo and liberate the city." but so-called liberation comes at a huge cost. mst 30 miles north of aleppo in azaz, rebel fighters are celebrating the hard-won victory after 100 days of intense yighting they finally control this town. but many of the buildings are rubble and most of the residents had to run for their lives. syrians-- both pro and anti- regime-- know this now: wherever the free syrian army digs in it's time to lea
a bomb killed assad's defense minister and three other top asficials. the rebels held several syrian mi border crossings for a time and now they're closing in on syria's second-most important city, aleppo. syria rarely allows reporters in rie country. our elizabeth palmer is following events from lebanon. >> reporter: the war has now come to aleppo. aytil a few days ago, syria's biggest city had stayed relatively calm. not anymore. almajor opposition offensive under way to take this vital...
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now, does wobbling, brian, mean that assad is about to get on a plane and leave the country? probably not. but it means that he has less s control over what is going on on the ground, because a civil war is breaking out between u.s. nis and shiites. i was told this is not shaping up to look like libya where there was unifoid opposition fighting an unpopular dictator, but more like baghdad with militia groups. >> and appalling violence every day. richard engel from cairo. thanks as always. >>> in this country a lot of us woke up to a bizarre story out of the west coast that the u.s. secretary of commerce had been in voivenvolved in two hit-and- accidents over the last weekend. the commerce department said 68-year-old secretary john bryson had suffered asy sure. he was found unconscious at the wheel and treated at the hospital. tonight we are told he is back home in washington recuperating. so far, there are no charges, officials say, drugs and alcohol were not involved. >>> it's one thing to know about your own finances, how you're faring in this economy, and how it feels to y
now, does wobbling, brian, mean that assad is about to get on a plane and leave the country? probably not. but it means that he has less s control over what is going on on the ground, because a civil war is breaking out between u.s. nis and shiites. i was told this is not shaping up to look like libya where there was unifoid opposition fighting an unpopular dictator, but more like baghdad with militia groups. >> and appalling violence every day. richard engel from cairo. thanks as always....
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the problem is assad might transfer the weapons to hezbollah. hezbollah is a client of iran as it the regime in syria, so the -- or even to iran. so what you're talking about here are weapons that will be in the hands of, for example, hezbollah, who are responsible for the attack last week in bulgaria, the slaughtering of young israelis on a bus in bulgaria, whose leader declared his aim is not just construction of -- destruction of israel but the genocide of the jews in israel and this gives him the weaponry to destroy them in the hundreds of thousands. if the israelis have inkling of a transfer of weapons, israelis have teams and they will not wait for the un are or the russians or the united states. israelis will go in and either seize them or destroy them. it could be risky. these things are always risky. but there's nobody standing between a transfer of weapons into the hands of hezbollah other than the israelis. >> if are israel takes that action and steps out and tries to get its hands on the munitions, what does that do for the u.s.? for
the problem is assad might transfer the weapons to hezbollah. hezbollah is a client of iran as it the regime in syria, so the -- or even to iran. so what you're talking about here are weapons that will be in the hands of, for example, hezbollah, who are responsible for the attack last week in bulgaria, the slaughtering of young israelis on a bus in bulgaria, whose leader declared his aim is not just construction of -- destruction of israel but the genocide of the jews in israel and this gives...
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enters the war in syria appears to be up to the dictator bashar al-assad. on monday, david martin reported orte the assad regime had given orders to prepare chemical weapons for possible use to put down the revolt that has been raging in that country for more than a year and a half. oesident obama said the use of these weapons of mass bestruction would be totally unacceptable. well, tonight, david has new intelligence to report, and we have three stories on the breaking news in syria. we'll start with martin at the pentagon. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence so far has not detected any emgns syria is loading chemical weapons on to aircraft, but defense secretary panetta said it appears the embattled assad regime is preparing to do just that. >> there is no question that we remain very concerned, very thecerned that as the opposition advances, in particular on hemascus, that the regime might very well consider the use of chemical weapons. ing eporter: monitoring of syrian basis like this one has picked up evidence engineers have loaded the chemicals which combi
enters the war in syria appears to be up to the dictator bashar al-assad. on monday, david martin reported orte the assad regime had given orders to prepare chemical weapons for possible use to put down the revolt that has been raging in that country for more than a year and a half. oesident obama said the use of these weapons of mass bestruction would be totally unacceptable. well, tonight, david has new intelligence to report, and we have three stories on the breaking news in syria. we'll...
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this is a school that has been taken over by the assad thugs explained this rebel. before launching a homemade rocket from nearby building. other videos from around the country show free syrian army fighters using the same crude weapon. however, turning citizens to seasonals with little or no training doesn't always work. they have many armor in the rebels stronghold. but the force appears to be waning as the rebels gape control. the latest blow to the regime came by way of the internet video. i have deflected claimed the former head of the syrian police. the army transformed to gangs and killing. committing massacre against the unarmed people two went out and demand liberty. the latest video showing eight children and a dozen more adults amountedly killed by the regime showing russia unyielding support of assad appears to be cracking ever so slightly to bring renewed talks of some deal to move assad out. the downward psychoto war is grave concern to israeli leaders who fear most the regime chemical weapons falling in the hands of hezbollah or jihadist. today, relia
this is a school that has been taken over by the assad thugs explained this rebel. before launching a homemade rocket from nearby building. other videos from around the country show free syrian army fighters using the same crude weapon. however, turning citizens to seasonals with little or no training doesn't always work. they have many armor in the rebels stronghold. but the force appears to be waning as the rebels gape control. the latest blow to the regime came by way of the internet video....
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as you said, yesterday, bashar al-assad said he considers this "war." one of the reasons why we see the escalation is the opposition is getting better. you do have the defections we have seen last week, for example, the defection of the pilot with his airplane over to jordan. and the opposition now is controlling territory. they getting some arms from friends in the neighborhood. so, i do think that we will see the level of violence escalate in this coming period. >>shepard: it is difficult to get the world together on this matter when the russians will not cooperate. have they moved at all? it sounds a little bit like it. >>guest: there is an advantage here. what is happening in geneva, key players are planning assad's political funeral. he has not died yet. but, it is a strong message to the syrian security forces and to the syrian elite. for the international community, we think he is going to go, and you can be on the right side or wrong side of history. the risk here is that obviously, if kofi annan is trying to get a consensus on how this unfolds,
as you said, yesterday, bashar al-assad said he considers this "war." one of the reasons why we see the escalation is the opposition is getting better. you do have the defections we have seen last week, for example, the defection of the pilot with his airplane over to jordan. and the opposition now is controlling territory. they getting some arms from friends in the neighborhood. so, i do think that we will see the level of violence escalate in this coming period. >>shepard: it...
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>>shepard: the syrian president bashar al-assad says his government has a duty to destroy terrorists to save thousands of lives. unbelieve average. analysts say the syrian president is referring to the rebel fighters when he says "terrorists," and activists claim his troops are have murdered 14,000 people. in an interview with iranian state division the syrian president bashar al-assad rattled off a list of accusations again the west including a claim that the united states is ignoring al qaeda presence in syria. and greg palkot is reporting from damascus, and like all journalists she there with the permission of the syrian regime and it is monitoring his reporting. >> we are coming to you over the phone because courtesy of the regime we have been cut out and they are cracking down on evening prayers and another incident here not heart of the city take a listen. all another hit to the heart of this regime, to bombs set off in this parking lot in the center of damascus, and no one killed but a lot of cars destroyed and it happened right across the street from the palace of justice, th
>>shepard: the syrian president bashar al-assad says his government has a duty to destroy terrorists to save thousands of lives. unbelieve average. analysts say the syrian president is referring to the rebel fighters when he says "terrorists," and activists claim his troops are have murdered 14,000 people. in an interview with iranian state division the syrian president bashar al-assad rattled off a list of accusations again the west including a claim that the united states is...